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The latest version of the merkava now has sniper slits in the rear compartment enableing sniper teams to fire from under armour.
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Are you sure about that? Which latest version BTW? Mk 3-something or Mk 4, or something else?
There is also a heavy APC called Namera which derives from the Merkava body, so this may be the strange "tank APC" confusing us all here: as clue, I found this line on the Namera page from the Israeli Weapons website:
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It is estimated that a troop of around 8 men can be carried, not counting the crew of three (there will also be a gunner for the OWS).
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Rings a bell, eh? Future Merkava project, carrying 8 troopers plus the crew...
Maybe someone really screwed their news report up!
Re: The Merkava 4 MBT
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